Monday, 9 November 2015

November 9 - Western Toad Tracking

Today I was fortunate enough to join a local research project which involves the radio tracking of Western Toads (Anaxyrus boreas). It has been a while since I radio tracked herptiles, so this was an exciting trip. Getting to the close proximity of the individuals was not the challenge, but finding them proved to be more challenging than the snakes I had radio tracked back in Ontario. Regardless, we found a few individuals above ground and after data was collected a quick photograph of this handsome guy was taken.

Western Toad with waistband transmitter

Pacific Treefrogs (Pseudacris regilla) were very vocal today (hearing frogs vocalizing in November is very much a treat for someone from Ontario), and we were were lucky enough to observe one on the ground.

Pacific Treefrog

No interesting birds observed today but I did have my eyes directed on the ground rather than towards the sky.

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Greetings reader and thank you for viewing the blog, I hope you find it interesting and informative. I am from South Western Ontario where I spent many years exploring the wilderness there. In my youth I was very fond of reptiles and amphibians but quickly evolved to enjoy birds and flora as well. I graduated from University of Guelph with honours in Zoology in 2012 and have been working in the environmental consulting field since. I moved to British Columbia because of the diversity of wildlife, and more importantly, the density of it.